Awarded· 4 Jun 2025
GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb · Stafford, West Midlands
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb has awarded GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 4 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Phl Group V1
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 16:45
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb has awarded GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. The contract went to Phl Group V1. It was awarded on 4 June 2025. The contract value is £17,462,981.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 4 July 2025. The notice number is 037588-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055980.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the "GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire" contract is managed by NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB, a public body based in Stafford, UK. This award falls under the services category, specifically focusing on health services, as categorized by CPV code 85100000.
The contract commenced on 5th June 2025, following an emergency award due to the previous supplier's administration, with PHL Group acquiring the contract to provide consistency in the essential health services for Staffordshire. The award was made under the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023 and is set to run until 31st March 2027.
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB is actively working towards securing a long-term contract while ensuring uninterrupted care, with the procurement method being a limited award without prior publication, highlighting the urgency and specificity of the requirement. The contract's value stands at approximately £17.46 million, allowing for substantial business growth and stability for the successful supplier.
Ensuring service continuity and patient safety remains critical, making it essential for potential competitors to demonstrate resilience and competence in delivering high-quality healthcare services under stringent timeframes.
The notice in full
This Contract award notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Regulation 14 for an Urgent Award where the ICB is awarding this contract and concluded that this is the only available option, fulfilling all the requirements of Regulation 14 (2). This has been enacted due to the incumbent supplier, Vocare Ltd entering administration.
The service is essential and therefore an emergency award was approved by the ICB board.
The selected provider is PHL Group who have acquired the trading subsidiaries of Totally plc. The ICB has implemented a caretaking arrangement with this provider to deliver GP Out of Hours Services and overnight ICC for Staffordshire from 05.06.25 until the end of the existing contractual timeframe (31.03.27) for the contract whilst process is undertaken to secure a longer-term contract and provider.
The ICB will ensure that continuity of care of the patients are paramount and that risks and issues identified as part of the process are mitigated. This approach will ensure the safety of patients and provide stability to services while the ICB conducts a full options appraisal of the long-term future of the contract.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This Contract award notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Regulation 14 for an Urgent Award where the ICB is awarding this contract and concluded that this is the only available option, fulfilling all the requirements of Regulation 14 (2). This has been enacted due to the incumbent supplier, Vocare Ltd (as part of Totally plc) entering administration.
The service is essential and therefore an emergency award was approved by the ICB board.
The selected provider is PHL Group who have acquired the trading subsidiaries of Totally plc. The ICB has implemented a caretaking arrangement with this provider to deliver GP Out of Hours Services and overnight ICC for Staffordshire from 05.06.25 until the end of the existing contractual timeframe (31.03.27) for the contract whilst process is undertaken to secure a longer-term contract and provider.
The ICB will ensure that continuity of care of the patients are paramount and that risks and issues identified as part of the process are mitigated. This approach will ensure the safety of patients and provide stability to services while the ICB conducts a full options appraisal of the long-term future of the contract.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Phl Group V1
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £17,462,981
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 037588-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055980
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stafford
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST18 0BF
- Electoral ward
- Milwich
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Delivery area
- Staffordshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Stafford, ST18 0BF · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Phl Group V1
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire
Who won the GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire contract?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb awarded the contract to Phl Group V1 on 4 June 2025.
How much is the GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire contract worth?
The contract value is £17,462,981.
Who is the buyer for GP Out of Hours - Staffordshire?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb, based in Stafford, West Midlands.
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